American Idols Live rolls into Duluth GA tonight! Show begins at 7:00 EDT at the Gwinnett Arena
Bo Bice at Rooster’s BBQ, Nashville TN
Casey James at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
David Archuleta at Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sanjaya Malakar at the Milestone Club, Charlotte, NC
More at IdolStages
The Ryan Seacrest Foundation tweets, “The @AmericanIdol top 11 are here at @TheVoice Atlanta right now! Where’s Scotty the Body!? #babylockthemdoors”
Nigel Lythgoe tweets, “I produced a new game show today called “Secret Fortune” with Donny Osmond. He was quite brilliant.”
Malaysian girls really cool, says Archuleta
This is the first time Sony Music is arranging an artiste’s concert, “all because of Facebook requests from fans”, said the label’s managing director, Adrian Lim, at a press conference at KL Hilton.
Archuleta said he thought Malaysian girls “are really cool”, adding that he remembered the large crowd of fans the last time he gave a mini-concert at Sunway Lagoon in 2009.
Read more at AsiaOne
Jordin Sparks: Starkey Hearing Foundation Surpporter
Jordin Sparks attends the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s “So The World May Hear Awards Gala” 2011 at River Centre on Sunday evening (July 24) in St. Paul, Minn.
See the photos at Just Jared Jr.
‘Breaking Dawn’s’ Jackson Rathbone Talks Music: 100 Monkeys, Happy Jack and Paul McDonald
THR: When I spoke with you on the carpet at the MTV Movie awards and Nikki had just announced her engagement, you mentioned that you’d love to team up with Paul in the studio to jam together. Has there been any talk of that?
JR: Actually, you know what, Paul McDonald has come on stage with 100 Monkeys, and we played a show at the El Rey theater about a month ago or so. It was in promotion of our upcoming tour that we’re now on and I didn’t know about the whole engagement thing. I was like ‘Hey Paul we want to do 2 one hour sets and take a small break in between and we’re looking for an acoustic act to fill in.’ Paul has a great vibe on stage and has a great voice. I love watching him perform as well as millions of people across America, who kept him running for a long time. Above and beyond that he’s just a great guy. I’m very protective of my blood family, and my blood sucking family as well. When it comes to Nikki Reed and who she’s dating, she’s like a sister to me. Trust me, if she was dating some jerk I’d be all against it, but he’s a great guy. It was a pleasure jamming with him and hanging out with him.
Read more at Hollywood Reporter
‘Idol’ finalist accused in Iron Horse theft
But in a telephone interview Monday from Tennessee, the golden-locked country singer denied the claims made by concert promoter William Fuller.
“It’s absolutely and completely false, ” Covington said. “The promoter (Fuller) didn’t have his fingers together. He did not pay people. I didn’t get paid.”
Covington said he spent about $2, 500 getting his tour bus to the Daytona Beach area from his home in Tennessee. He said several others — such as vendors — also were not paid by Fuller and his company, Pit Row Music Posse.
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Haunted ‘Idol’ House — SOLD for $11.2 Million
The 15k sq. foot hotbed of paranormal activity where the kids from “American Idol” lived last season has a brand new owner — a baby toy mogul who plunked down $11.2 mil on the L.A. mansion!
The “Idol” gang FREAKED OUT when a series of crazy “coincidences” occurred in the Bev Hills mansion back in March … including a spooky spider infestation, flickering lights and one of the wannabes SWORE they saw a white sheet come to life and float down the stairs.
But now, the house has officially sold to a guy named Steven B. Dunn — the guy who started a baby product company called Munchkin, Inc. … which posted more than $100 mil in sales in 2008.
Read more at TMZ
‘Glee’ EP Brad Falchuk talks fan reaction: ‘I appreciate everybody’s opinion’
If someone were to hold a contest to find the TV show with the most opinionated fans, we’re thinking FOX’s “Glee” has it in the bag. They’re passionate, they’re intense and they’re loud. Just look at how Twitter exploded when news broke that Chord Overstreet would not be returning for Season 3. They love their show and they love talking about it, something executive producer Dante Di Loreto said he finds “really exciting.”
Read more at Zap2it
Cute Pic of the Day: Chris Colfer Dresses Up as a… Pencil?!
There’s a lot going on on the set of Chris Colfer’s Struck By Lightening that we clearly don’t understand. Why is Chris dressed up as an ancient writing instrument — aka the #2 pencil?
See the photo at Wet Paint
Wilson rides Colfer’s ‘Lightning’
Exclusive: Rebel Wilson of “Bridesmaids” has joined the cast of coming-of-age comedy “Struck by Lightning” opposite Chris Colfer and Allison Janney.
Shooting began last week on the indie project, with Brian Dannelly directing from Colfer’s script. Supporting cast includes Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney and Sarah Hyland.
Read more at Variety
‘The Glee Project’ Exit Q&A: This week’s eliminated contestant discusses opening up ‘in front of an entire nation’
On this week’s episode of The Glee Project, we said goodbye to Marissa Von Bleicken, the NYC native who won the last two homework challenges but struggled with the vocals for the video. “There hadn’t been a homework winner in the bottom three yet, ” said the college student about her elimination. “So I was shaking in my boots waiting to find out what I had done so wrong to be the first one.” EW talked with Marissa about what’s next and what the “Vulnerability” challenge meant for her.
Read more at EW
‘Small, private’ funeral for Amy Winehouse set for Tuesday
London (CNN) — An intimate funeral for Amy Winehouse will take place Tuesday, the singer’s spokesman said.
Sparse details are being released about the ceremony — including exactly when and where it will occur — though spokesman Chris Goodman said “it will be a small, private event for a few friends and family.”
Read more at CNN
IATSE Makes 3-Year Deal With ‘American Idol’ And ‘America’s Got Talent’ Producer Fremantle
Los Angeles – The IATSE and Fremantle Media North America (FMNA), the U.S. production division of global media giant FremantleMedia, have reached a three year term agreement covering domestic programs produced for network and basic cable, it was jointly announced today by Matthew D. Loeb, International President of IATSE and Dan Goldberg, Executive Vice President of Production for FMNA.
FMNA, whose programs include “American Idol” (FOX), “America’s Got Talent” (NBC) and the upcoming “The X Factor” (FOX), which is co-produced with Simon Cowell’s Syco Television, have already been working with IA crews on a number of their shows. The new agreement establishes parameters across all programs.
Read more at Deadline
Javier Colon – Sings Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’
In this behind the scenes footage from Voice winner Javier Colon’s Rolling Stone photo shoot with photographer Doug Inglish, the singer strums his guitar and sings a tender rendition of Coldplay’s hit ballad “Fix You.” Colon seems entirely relaxed and easygoing in the clip, which makes it very easy to see why so many people are calling him one of the nicest guys in show business. “He’s such a pure, sweet human being, ” Voice coach Adam Levine told Rolling Stone. “There aren’t enough of those guys in our business.”
See the video at Rolling Stone
Glee’s Graduation Problem: How High School TV Shows Handle Growing Up
TV has a long history of shows about teenagers struggling with ways to keep the series running after their characters have grown up. How did those shows deal with “the graduation problem, ” and how did they fare after the characters threw their caps in the air? Here’s a look:
Read more at The Atlantic
